Archive for 'Queensland'
If Fascism gets up your nose, Picket! - Expose the Qld. Office of the Adult Guardian. Stop neglect and cover-up.
Whoops! - the picket was previously advertised as “next Wednesday” which is incorrect. The date 29/8 is correct. - sorry.
Please pass this link to friends and networks in Brisbane.
There will be a picket on Wednesday, the 29 August 2007 at 9.00 am. outside the Brisbane Magistrate’s Court, 240 Roma St. Brisbane to demand reform of […]
Posted: August 17th, 2007 under Protest, Human Rights, Law, Queensland, Corruption, Democracy, Governance, Civil Liberties, Activism.
Comments: 7
Bris Vegas - A Benefit Gig for the Doomadgee Family of Palm Island - Aug 11
The Arena, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane August 11 8p.m.
Featuring Kev Carmody and The Beasts of Bourbon
also….. *the Palm Island Dancers *Banawurun *Indigenous Intrudaz *Lola the Vamp *Dick Desert & The Shotgun Country Club
* Alex Doomadgee will MC proceedings.
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Posted: August 4th, 2007 under Human Rights, Health, Queensland, Culture.
Comments: none
Palm Island - Community self determination and economic development or more dysfunctional government programs?
The Palm Island store is currently owned by the Queensland Government. It charges inflated prices to subsidise the transport of goods to other Aboriginal communities in Queensland. The government has recently announced that the store is to […]
Posted: July 31st, 2007 under Economy, Queensland, Governance.
Comments: 1
Fascism and disability in Queensland - The Guardianship and Administration Act.
In Queensland, any one of us can have our rights of freedom of movement and association taken off us for a period of 6 months at a tribunal hearing where we or our representative are not present. There is no capacity to appeal or object to this and not even the Attorney General can demand […]
Posted: July 28th, 2007 under Human Rights, Queensland, Civil Liberties.
Comments: 11
The Politicisation of the Police and the Policification of Politics. (A Queenslandish perspective.)
In the light of the incarceration of Dr. Haneef there are many commentators lamenting the end of some of the basic principles of our legal system such as the presumption of innocence and the separation of powers. I write the following from within the ranks of this commentariate.
In Queensland however there is another refraction […]
Posted: July 19th, 2007 under Queensland, Democracy, Civil Liberties.
Comments: 6
So what was the dirt, Rose?
The Brisbane District Court has suppressed the nature of blackmail threats that former Queensland tourism minister Merri Rose made to Premier Peter Beattie. And rightly so. But the question remains, what was so damaging to Beattie, Beatties government or party, that made Merri Rose believe it would secure her a cushy job in the public […]
Posted: May 30th, 2007 under Law, Queensland, Corruption.
Comments: 9
Laughing at the Disabled
The Australian yesterday ran an article about a phD student in Queensland whose thesis is titled “Laughing at the disabled: Creating comedy that confronts, offends and entertains” (something that I think the roo aims at doing). The substance of the article is that senior academics have taken offence to the guy’s television show, which […]
Posted: April 12th, 2007 under Society, Queensland, Culture.
Comments: 6
What will it take for Queensland DPP Clare to be fired?
The seven year term of Queenland’s Director of Public Prosecutions, Leanne Clare, has been one tarred by ongoing controversy and sheer incompetence. She was responsible for the zealous prosecution and subsequent jailing of respected former Chief Magistrate Di Fingleton on distinctly dodgy charges which were subsequently thrown out - and strongly condemned - on appeal. […]
Posted: February 5th, 2007 under Human Rights, Law, Queensland.
Comments: 5